Food Chains for 2nd grade

Which of these are predators? Choose all that apply. (S.2.9.C)

• Grass

• Grasshopper

• Mouse

• Snake

• Eagle

Answer explanation

Predators eat other animals. The mouse ate the grasshopper, the snake ate the mouse, and the eagle ate the snake.

The grass is not a predator because it gets its energy from the sun. The grasshopper is not a predator because it gets its energy from eating the grass.

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Which organisms use the Sun’s energy to survive. Select all that apply.

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Answer explanation

Producers use the sun's energy to survive. They use the sun to make their own food!

The tree and sunflower are both plants, and they use the sunlight to make their own energy.

The worm is a decomposer, and it gets its energy from decaying matter.

The rabbit is a consumer. The rabbit eats plants to get its energy.

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What does the grass get its energy from?

• Frog

• Eagle

• Sun

• Itself

Answer explanation

Producers make their own food using energy from the sun. The grass needs to take in the sun's energy in order to sustain itself. Other creatures (like the beatle, fog, and eagle) are called consumers, because they have to consume other living things to get energy.

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Which of these gets energy from a nonliving thing?

• the Sun

• the grass

• the mouse

• the fox

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What is wrong with the food chain shown?

• arrows are the wrong way

• it needs a plant

• it is too long

• there is no mistake

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Butterflies depend on flowers to get the nectar they eat.

How do plants depend on butterflies?

• Butterflies spread seeds to new places.

• Butterflies eat bugs off of the plants.

• Butterflies pollinate the plants.

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2. Carnivore is...

• What is needed to do work or cause change

• An organism that eats only plants

• An organism that eats animals

• A plant or animal

How does the mouse get its energy?

• Eating the corn

• Running from the owl

• Eating the owl

• The sun

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1. An animal that is eaten by another organism

• Prey

• organism

• food chain

• herbivore

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What does the arrow point to in a food chain?

• only the plants in a food chain

• only the animals in a food chain

• the organism that gets the energy

• the organism that lives the longest

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